Stock Transportation has come to an agreement with its bus and van drivers, avoiding a potential strike, but one group of workers — bus monitors — have not yet agreed to the company’s latest offer.
Over the lunch hour on Monday, Mar. 24, 2025, Tri-Board Student Transportation Services Inc. informed parents that they would not experience a school bus disruption previously planned for Tuesday, Mar. 25, 2025.
On March 18, 2025, Tri-Board had been advised by Stock Transportation that bus/van services would not be provided starting Tuesday, Mar. 25, 2025, due to an ongoing labour dispute, and that families affected would be responsible for making alternative travel arrangements for their students.
However, today, March 24, the bus transportation consortium said in a release, “Tri-Board has been advised by Stock Transportation that an agreement has been reached with its Drivers, meaning buses/vans will operate as normal, subject to regular delays and cancellations.”
Terry Gavas, Chief Union Steward of Teamsters Local 91, which represents Stock Transportation workers, confirmed late this afternoon that the drivers for Stock did vote in favour of accepting the company’s latest offer — but “the monitors voted the company’s latest offer down, and they will be in a legal strike position as of Tuesday, April 1, 2025.”
Although Stock has not yet come to an agreement with its monitors, Tri-Board said students will continue to be supported by monitors this week. Further communication to families of students on Stock routes that require monitors will be provided in the coming days as more information becomes available.
Tri-Board also stated, “This potential disruption to Monitor services will not impact HPEDSB [Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board] or PDSB [Peel District School Board] students.”
The release noted that “Tri-Board and the school boards have no influence over negotiations but are hopeful that an agreement between Monitors and their employer, Stock Transportation, can be reached quickly.”
Read more about Stock’s labour dispute at triboard.ca/stock-service-disruption25/